Ichimatsu sat up straight in bed screaming at the top of his lungs.

"Ichimatsu! Calm down! It's okay!" Jyushimatsu said, his voice filled with fear. "Lay back down! It's okay! We're all right here!"

Ichimatsu wouldn't stop screaming. It was almost like he was a wild animal trapped inside a cage. He paused for a moment, gasping wildly for air. His breathing was very heavy and his eyes were closed still. Almost like they were glued shut.

"Ichimatsu!" Jyushimatsu cried, grabbing onto his brother's arm. "Stop! Calm down! It's okay! I'm right here! You're back! It's okay! Come on...calm..be calm!"

Ichimatsu slapped Jyushimatsu away, causing a terrible pain in his arm that he hadn't moved for many many weeks.

"Ichimatsu!" the doctor yelled, running in with a vaccine. "This will calm you down, okay? Please, sit back down! Everything will be fine,"

Right as the doctor was going to inject the tranquilizer in Ichimatsu's arm, Ichhimatsu managed to slap the vaccine away, causing it to shatter on the ground.

Ichimatsu's heart began to beat faster and faster, and soon, it just stopped beating altogether.

Jyushimatsu held his breath in utter shock as he watched Ichimatsu inhale loudly, then fall back down lifelessly into the hospital bed.

"No...no no no no no!" Jyushimatsu whispered pitifully, staring at Ichimatsu's dead body. "Why did he die? What happened...?" he whimpered, fighting back the tears that threatened to drown him in complete sorrow.

"I'm sorry, Jyushimatsu," the doctor said, checking Ichimatsu's pulse. "He's gone for good now. I knew this would happen. There wasn't a single chance that he was going to make it. I'm very sorry for your loss, Jyushimatsu." The doctor quietly left the room, leaving Jyushimatsu alone with his brother.

"It's my fault..." he choked. "I should have done something that day to stop you! I should have never left home because of Homura...you've always been my best friend! Why are you leaving me behind? Did I not mean the same to you as you did to me...?"

Jyushimatsu staggered over to Ichimatsu, hugging his heavy lifeless body tightly as tears streamed down his face like a waterfall.

"Even though you never seemed happy...I will never ever forget the times you smiled, Ichimatsu...I will never forget that day we adopted ESP kitty...the days we spent playing together on the playground...the days we spent just siting on the roof in silence...I'll never forget them! Even though, you never spoke much...whenever you did, your words meant so much to me, Ichimatsu...thank you..." he cried, still hugging his brother.

A few minutes later, after Jyushimatsu managed to pull himself together, he borrowed the hospital phone, calling home.

"I-Ichimatsu..." he choked, nearly crying by saying his name, "Ichimatsu just d-died..."

"We'll be right over to the hospital then," Todomatsu replied, somewhat shakily. "Thanks for telling us.."

Jyushimatsu hung up the phone then stumbled back into Ichimatsu's hospital room, falling onto the floor, sobbing harder than anyone could imagine.